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Costus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q133082
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Costus

Summary

Costus is a taxon[1]. Costus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month, #1,566 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Costus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Costus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Costus belongs to the parent taxon Costaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Costus is Costus[6].
  • Costus's Commons category is recorded as Costus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Costus is Costus arabicus[8].
  • Costus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Costus[9].
  • Costus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[10].
  • Costus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2992[11].
  • Costus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'costus'}[12].
  • Costus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '闭鞘姜属'}[13].
  • Costus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '宝塔姜属'}[14].
  • Costus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '闭鞘姜属'}[15].
  • Costus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '西闭鞘姜属'}[16].
  • Costus's different from is recorded as Kostowiec[17].

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Classification

Costus's scientific name is Costus[6]. Costus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Costus belongs to the parent taxon Costaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Costus is Costus arabicus[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'costus'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '闭鞘姜属'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '宝塔姜属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '闭鞘姜属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '西闭鞘姜属'}[16].

Identifiers

Costus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 132202[18]. Costus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4631[19]. Costus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2756771[20]. Costus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42405[21].

Why It Matters

Costus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month, #1,566 of 195,241).[2] Costus has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Costus is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2). wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Costus
    Taxon rank → genus
    Different from → Kostowiec
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007567981105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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